Ardija Singh
Pune
Summary
Experienced Anesthesiologist specializing in neuro-anesthesiology and pain management. Expert in administering advanced anesthesia techniques with a strong focus on patient safety. Committed to teaching DNB program participants and enhancing their clinical competencies. Engages in research to advance innovative anesthesia methodologies.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Consultant
Sahyadri Super-specialty Hospital
Pune
03.2023 - Current
- Administered general, spinal, and epidural anesthesia along with regional blocks (USG guided and PNS) in operating theater, managing acute and chronic pain for diverse patient population
- Instructed anesthesiology curriculum as faculty member in DNB program, enhancing students' clinical knowledge and skills
Junior Consultant
Apollo Hospitals
Guwahati
05.2019 - 12.2021
- Administered general, spinal, and epidural anesthesia as well as regional blocks (USG guided and PNS) in operating theatre, ensuring patient safety and comfort during procedures.
- Conducted teaching and training sessions for DNB anesthesiology candidates.
ISNACC PDF Neuroanesthesiology
Institute Of Neurosciences
Kolkata
01.2018 - 12.2018
- Conducted research and clinical practice as Post-Doctoral Fellow in Neuroanesthesiology
- Specialized in neurosurgery OT, neuro intervention suite, and neuro critical care ICU to support complex patient care
- Participated in pain clinic outpatient department, observing and assisting with procedures
Specialist Medical Officer
Kamla Nehru Hospital
Pune
11.2016 - 11.2017
- Provided patient care as senior medical officer in anesthesia department at Pune Municipal Hospital, ensured safety and comfort during procedures.
Junior Resident
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital
Mumbai
08.2013 - 08.2016
- Assisted in general, specialty, and super-specialty operating theaters, including neurosurgery, cardiac, pediatric, urology, and plastic surgery, contributing to patient care across multiple disciplines
- Acquired proficiency in basic and advanced anesthesia skills through rigorous training under experienced educators, ensuring high standards of patient safety and care
- Completed MD anesthesiology as JR at premier public municipal hospital in Mumbai, gaining hands-on experience in diverse clinical settings
Medical Officer
Ordnance Factory Hospital
Nagpur
01.2013 - 06.2013
- Served as medical officer at Ordnance Factory Hospital, providing care across multiple departments.
- Conducted independent OPD and IPD visits while managing emergency duties, ensuring timely and efficient patient care.
Intern
Coimbatore Medical College Hospital
Coimbatore
03.2011 - 03.2012
- Gained hands-on experience in Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Primary Health Centre Departments over 2 months
- Completed one-month rotations in Orthopedics trauma ward, Pediatric, and NICU Departments.
- Participated in 15-day rotations in Anesthesia, Radiology, Dermatology, and Psychiatry Departments.
Education
M.B.B.S. -
Coimbatore Medical College
Coimbatore02-2011
M.D. (Anesthesiology) -
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital
Mumbai08-2016
D.N.B (Anesthesiology) -
National Board of Examination
New Delhi06-2017
PDF NEUROANESTHESIOLOGY -
Indian Society of Neuroanesthesiology & Critical Care (ISNACC)
Kolkata12-2018
Online Fellowship in Pain and Spine Interventions -
IPSC: Pain & Spine Hospital
New Delhi01-2021
Online Fellowship in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Pain management -
Daradia: The pain clinic
Kolkata10-2024
Skills
- Anesthesia administration
- Critical care
- Neuroanesthesiology
- Pain management
- Chronic pain treatment
- Interventional pain procedures
- Difficult airway techniques
- Ultrasound-guided nerve block
- Fiberoptic intubation
- Supraglottic airway management
- Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
- Emergency neurology life support (ENLS) certification
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)
- Basic life support (BLS)
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Patient safety in anesthesia
- Airway simulation
- AI in medical education
- Research methodology
Awards
- Apollo Consultants Honor List, 09/21
- Certificate of appreciation to PPE Clad Covid Warriors by ISA, 06/20
Training
- MIPSI Cadaveric workshop, 01/26
- Anesthesia Patient Safety, 01/25
- Fellowship in MSK USG pain, 01/24
- Interventional pain procedures- hand on workshop, 01/21
- USG Hands-on Chronic Pain Workshop, 10/21
- Fellowship in intervention pain management, 01/20
- Neuromodulation in Pain, 08/20 to 10/20
- Comprehensive Critical Care Campaign Certification, 08/20
- ENLS CERTIFIED, 05/18
- USG guided nerve block Workshop, 12/15
- Workshop in Research Methodology, 04/15
- CPCR Workshop, 01/15
- Fiberoptic Intubation Workshop, 11/14
- Airway Simulation Workshop, 11/14
- Supraglottic Airway Device Workshop, 11/14
Research And Publications
- Peri operative airway and respiratory complications in children undergoing cleft lip and palate repair at a tertiary institute: An observational study, Dr. Ardija Singh, Dr. Geeta Patkar, Dr. Bharti Tendulkar, Int J Med Anesthesiology, 2021, 4, 3, 30-35, 10.33545/26643766.2021.v4.i3a.277, MD Thesis
- Anaesthetic considerations in a neonate with unrepaired D-transposition of great arteries with non-syndromic holoprosencephaly for emergency exploratory laprotomy: A case report, Dr. Madhuri Jagtap, Dr. Pragya Sachan, Dr. Ardija Singh, Int J Med Anesthesiology, 2021, 4, 1, 72-74, 10.33545/26643766.2021.v4.i1b.196
- Intra-operative infusion of lignocaine vs dexmedetomidine for reducing postoperative pain after elective craniotomy surgery, Primary Investigator, completed, unpublished, CTRI/2018/09/015598
Affiliations
- Presentations
• Faculty presentation - Navigating the supratentorial space - Anesthesia strategies that matter, ISNACC 2026 Nagpur
• Faculty presentation - Anesthetic management of patients with meningomyelocele, ISNACC 2025 Trivandrum
• Intra-operative neurophysiological monitoring – case series (As Faculty), ISNACC 2024 Pune
• Intra-operative neurophysiological monitoring – case series (As Faculty), 1st YUVA ISACON 2020
• Intraoperative neuro-monitoring (presentation as faculty) - CME on Neuromodulation and intractable epilepsy (08/06/2019), NEIGRIHMS, Shillong
• Anesthesia Management of Schimitar syndrome: A case report (Poster Presentation – ISACON 2015, Jaipur)
• Awarded 3rd prize for Podium Presentation on World Anesthesia Day conference 2015, Mumbai
National Conferences
• ISNACC 2026, AIIMS NAGPUR (Faculty)
• ISNACC 2025, Trivandrum (Faculty)
• ISNACC 2024, AFMC, Pune
• ACME 2022, Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (26th Jan 2022)
• NCS Asia Oceanic Chapter Annual Meet 2021 (24th-26th Sep 2021)
• ISNACC 2021, Kolkata
• 3rd Annual Conference of Society of Neurocritical Care (27th-29th Nov 2020)
• 1st YUVA ISACON 2020 (5th-6th Sep 2020)
• 1st congress of the Neuromodulation Society of India held at Guwahati, India (9-10th Nov 2019)
• ISNACC 2019 held in Gurugram, India (17th-19th Feb 2019)
• ISNACC 2018 held in Mumbai, India
• ACNS live surgery seminar - WFNS held at Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata (10th-12th Feb 2018)
• ISACON 2015 held at Jaipur
• 2-day National Airway Conference in 2014 held at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, conducted by AIDiAA
• Live FESS workshop conducted by Department of ENT, LTMMC in 2014
State Conferences
• Applied Physiology and Anesthesia, LTMMC Mumbai (8th Aug 2021)
• ISA Karnataka Virtucon 2020 (12th-13th Dec 2020)
• 17th Anesthesia Postgraduate Academic Programme (2nd-8th Nov 2020)
• ISA Webcon Kerala 2020 (1st Nov 2020)
• Online Anesthesiology Master Classes by Dr. Saikat Sengupta (7th Aug 2020)
• Fluid Therapy Conclave: Fluid Therapy in Perioperative and Intensive Care Unit (25th Jul 2020)
• Crititalk 2019, Fourth North East Annual Update (2nd Nov 2019) - Guwahati, Assam
• CME on Neuromodulation and intractable epilepsy (8th June 2019) - NEIGRIHMS, Shillong
• The Hayat Medicon on Critical Care 2019 (27th April 2019) - Guwahati, Assam
• Sano-Sengupta Academy for Aneurysm surgery - live OT telecast (Aug 2018) - INK, Kolkata
• SIMVENT Kolkata (4th-5th Aug 2018) - INK, Kolkata - simulator-based course in mechanical ventilation
• AMRICON - Critical Care Guidelines (15th Jul 2018) - AMRI, Kolkata
• Thrombolysis Master Class (5th May 2018) - INK, Kolkata
• Anesthesia Review Course 2016, conducted by Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
• CME on Nutrition Boot Camp (Apr 2016), conducted by LTMMC, Mumbai
• Anesthesia for Endocrine Disorders (Mar 2016), conducted by LTMMC, Mumbai
• Free your fears from Obstetrics Anesthesia (Jan 2016), conducted by AOA, Mumbai
• World Anesthesia Day 2015 conducted by ISACON Mumbai chapter
• Updates in Obstetrics Anesthesia (Feb 2015), conducted by AOA, Mumbai
• CME on Basics in Intensive Care (Dec 2014), conducted by LTMMC, Mumbai
• Refreshing Cardiac Anesthesia (Aug 2014), conducted by ACTA, Mumbai
Timeline
Consultant
Sahyadri Super-specialty Hospital
03.2023 - Current
Junior Consultant
Apollo Hospitals
05.2019 - 12.2021
ISNACC PDF Neuroanesthesiology
Institute Of Neurosciences
01.2018 - 12.2018
Specialist Medical Officer
Kamla Nehru Hospital
11.2016 - 11.2017
Junior Resident
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital
08.2013 - 08.2016
Medical Officer
Ordnance Factory Hospital
01.2013 - 06.2013
Intern
Coimbatore Medical College Hospital
03.2011 - 03.2012
M.B.B.S. -
Coimbatore Medical College
M.D. (Anesthesiology) -
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital
D.N.B (Anesthesiology) -
National Board of Examination
PDF NEUROANESTHESIOLOGY -
Indian Society of Neuroanesthesiology & Critical Care (ISNACC)
Online Fellowship in Pain and Spine Interventions -
IPSC: Pain & Spine Hospital
Online Fellowship in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Pain management -
Daradia: The pain clinic